Machine for the manufacture of card clothing



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MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTHING 7 Filed Sept. 7, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Nov. 11, 1930 Un rsn stares PATENT OFFICE JEAN GOHY, F SPA, BELGIUM, ASSIGNOR TO' DESPA & FILS (SOCIFJTE EN GOM- MANDITE PAR ACTIONS), OF VEBVIEIt-S, BELGIUM, A COMIPANY MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTHING Application filed September 7, 1929, Serial No. 390,898, and in Belgium September 7, 1928.

This invention relates to a machine for the manufacture of card clothing. H he object is toprovide a machine of this type allowing the insertion that is the driving in or the placing in position of the teeth forming the clothing over the whole width of the card surface in successive rows in a single operation which considerably augments the speed of manufacture and therefore of production.

With this object in View, the machine forming the subject matter of the invention is essentially characterized by the combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and pointed out in theappended claims.

1 On the annexed drawings:

Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the arrangement of the whole machine; this figure corresponds to a section taken through the axes of the holes arranged in the drum in the same vertical plane each hole shown forming part of a row arranged along a generator of the drum.

Fig. 2 is a similar vertical diagrammatic section showing more especially the mech- 35 anism for operating the feed nippers.

Fig. 3 is a vertical diagrammatic section showing the operating mechanism for the insertion punches and the nippers operating to bend the teeth.

: Fig. 4; is an elevation showing detached the arrangement for producing the rotation of the teeth before their insertion.

Fig. 5 is a plan of this mechanism.

Fig.6 is a detail View in elevation of the 53 mechanism operating the piercing device forming in the foundation of the clothing theholes for. receiving the teeth.

Fig. 7 isa plan View of the mechanism m shown in Fig. 6 the table of the machine being removed to show the parts arranged underneath. l

8 and Sal-e a sectional plan and elevation showing certain details of the arrangementfor rotation and insertion shown in Figs. 4 and 5. i

Fig. 10 is a detached View in front elevation of one of the nippers forming part of the feed mechanism.

Fig. 11 is an elevation of the knife operatthe foundation of the card clothing with a certain number of holes 5 arranged operates with a cam 10 mounted on the main ing the shearing ot the wires arrangedpa-rallel to each other.

Fig. 12 is an elevation partly in section of the inserting nippers and shows their cooperation with the rotary drum.

Fi 13 a plan View partly in section 2') showing the co-opera-tion of the knife with the inserting nippers this section being taken on a line 13--13 Fig. 1.

Figs. 14, 15 and 16 are detail views showing separately the operation of the bending nippers of the teeth Fig. 16 being a section taken on line 1616 Fig. 15.

Fig.1? is a detail view showing the position of the piercing member with respect to at the time of piercing.

As is shown more especially in Figs. 1 12. 14: and 16 the machine comprises as the principal element,a drum 1 capable of roi tating freely in bearing rings 2 (Figs. 8, 12 and 16) forming supports aliixed to the table 3 forming part of the frame 4 of the machine. This drum 1 is pierced along generatrices radially and the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of pairs of teeth which should be arranged in the card clothing 6, moved intermittently in known manner between guide rollers 7 in the direction of the arrow 8 (Fig. 1).

This drum 1 receives an intermittent rotary movement from a plate 9 mounted on one of the sides of the drum and which coshaft 11 operating the machine. This cam 10 carries a roller 12 engaging at each rotation of the shaft 11 in a radial slot 13 formed inthe plate 9 that at each rotation of ference of the drum 1. The frame 1 foims lateral supports li between which are mounted two slides and 16 (Fig. 1). The slide 15 seryes to guide a knife 17 held by a plate 18 (Figs. 1 and 13) and the slide 16 serves to guide the punches 19 arranged in-the1pro 'long'm'ent of one of the radii ofthe drum 1.

' I Mounted on the rings or collars 2, supporting the drum 1 at thefounding are'two supports 20 (Fig.1) prolonged above-the pe' riphery of thedrum'l' to receive-a shaft '21 onwhich are pivoted arms 22 forming part of the mechanism for "bending the teeth "of the clothing. These arms 22 are provided with 1 jaws 23 (Figs. 14 and 16) and are each in one *w'ith-anarm 2-1 pivoted'to'a crank 25 form- 'ing part of the operatingmechanism forthe bending apparatus. is arranged a, slide 26 carried by levers 27. This slide-isprovided 'wlth needles-28serv1ng In front of the drum 1 as piercing apparatusand it is given a'lifting movement so :as'to bring the needles 28 1nto the prolongation ofthe row of holes 5 formed in the horizontal planepassing through'the axis of the 'drum 1.. A supplementaryfor- Ward displacement movement of the slide 26 rallows the needles 28to'enter into the card clothing 6 and pierce it (Fig. 17)" above a stop plate'29 with-as many holes as there are teeth to be inserted by themachine. i The slide 26 is drilled, also with holes '30 corresponding in number to the number of holes 5 forming part of the same row in the drum 1. These holes '30 provide a passage for the teeth at the moment they arein'serted in the-foundationG.

This insertion islcarried out bymeans of punches 31 (Figs. 1, 8 and .9)-carried by a carriage 32 capable of'displacement in a slide 33in a support 34 connecting the-two'supports 20 inside the drum 1. Feed stationary nippers 35 and travelling nippers 36 complete the arrangement.

The'working of the machine is assfollowsz A certain number of wir es'37 (nine in the example shown) arrangedIparallellyin the same plane, the number of which-'yar-ies'with the width of the foundation 1 of the card clothing to 'be formed and the number of.

teeth which are to be inserted in the same horizontal line are brought'by the travelling nippers-36 to the stationary n1ppers35 as described later so that when the nippers 36 draw near'to the nippers 35,. a certain length of'wire is drawn out from these nippers'into the surface of the'drum 1" into 'the'axis of each of theholes 5 forming part of'the same row of holes arranged in the same generatrix of the'drum. These wires being held bythe stationary nippers-35 (Whilst the travelling nippers 36 loosen and return back with'the length required for a new feed) the punches 19- guided in the slide 16 are lowered and exerta slight pressure on the central part of the wire soas to start their insertioninto the holes'5. At this momentthe kn'ife 17 falls and cuts the several wires 37 after which the insertion is completed bythe lowering of the nippers 19 (Fig. 12) which are then raised. Owing to the rotation of the main shaft 11, the roller '12 of the cam 10 en- :gages at this moment in one of the slots 13 on the plate 9 and causes the'drum 1-to turn one tenth of a turn in the direction ofthe.

arrow (Fig. 1) thus bringing the wire in- *serted-inthe-form of a-U below the jaws 23 of the-nippers22 which are at this moment open as shown in Fig. 14, the opening of sage under the jaws 23 of the ends of the legs 38 of'the piece of'wire inserted. At the next time of stopping'of the drum 1 the jaws 23 of the 'nippers 22 closeand bend the legs 38 of'the inserted wire so as-to cross the two legs of the wire (Figs. land 15) and thus give'to these leg-s a definiteparallelposition whichremains even in the case where the inserted-portion is withdrawn-from the hole 1 5., During these operations, the slide 26 rises -.atfirst--and-brings the'-needles.28 into the horizontal planepassing through the centre of the drum 1.;1-These-needles 2 8 are then forced into-the clothing foundation 6 so as to pierce it'inthe horizontal plane of the holes which will-receive the le'g-s'of the portions of the wires 38 inserted'inU form. -When-the slide 26 after having thus pierced the card foundation 6 has been returned to 7 its normal position the holes 30 are foun'd opposite theholes 5 drilled-in the drum 1 along a generatrix. I The parts of the wire 38 carried by the holes 5.-at-this moment always point their two legs in a vertical plane. But at this moment, the carriage 32'is displaced inthe slide 33,-and after the teethhavebeen caused torotate, through by, thepunches 31, so that their two legsa-re in the same horizontal plane, it forces by means of those punches the wires into the. holes pierced in the card foundation 6. I

The teeth havingpassed through the card foundation 6 come in contact beyond the plate stop 29 with the inclined plate 39 where the these nippers being sufficient to allow the pasends of the teeth are crooked-in the ordinary way, togive them the form shown at 40 in 7 Figs. 1 and 17. It will be -understood that the wires i3?v brought'to the drum 1 in the same planejand cut by the knife 17 are inserted simultaneously into all the holes in the same row-of holes in the drum.

I These, wires inserted in U'form undergo "after that the'operation of doubling in half by the nippers 22 which ensures'the definite being forced by'the punches into the holes piercediby the needles 26in the card foundafixed in two levers =85 oscillating about a shaft also can rotate about themselves through 90. or this purpose each of them is provided ..Witli a. small crank '(Fig."9) the pin 81 of which engages in a corresponding hole in'a bar which is itself capable of a to and fro movement in the direction 01"" its length that is --to say-parallel with the. axis of the drum 1;"

This bar 82 is moved withthe carriage 32 and ffor this purpose is provided at its end with a hole 83 (Figs. 4, 5 and 9) sliding on a rod 84C 860 aerated by a cam-87 (Figs. 4 and 5) operating on a'lever 88'mounted atthe end of the shaft '86 rotating int-he supports 89 car.- vrie'd bythe'machine table. 5

Owing to this arrangen'ient after each rotation ot-tlie drum 1 through one tenth of a turn when the holes 5-each carrying a tooth stop att-helevel of the punches 31 and-consequently at the level of the holes pierced in'thefoun'dation 6,'the carriage 32 which during the rotation remains stationary moves forward underthe action of the '76 drawing'with it the punches 31. Each of these latter engages in a hole 5Wl1l Cl1 is oppositefit and comesin contact'with the part of the wire forming the connection with the two legs of thetooth (Fig. 8). The ends oi 'the l punches 81 areprovided with. a small slot 90 in 'which is housed the connecting l ttl tportion oi tne two egs 0 ie 00 n.

v'Atthis moment the'carriage 32 is stopped and thepunches Slturn'through a quarter of a turn owing to the smallarms-SO to which they are connected and which are given a movement by the bar 82, red 8%, levers and 88 and cam87. Owing-to this movement the legs of all. of the teethare brought'into the same horizontal plane. "The car lager-32 restarts its course andthe 1: uncl'ies'3l push the teeth towards the outside of the drunrl pass through the holes '30 of the slide 26 (Fig. 8) of the piercing apparatus and engage 1n the holes pierced by this apparatus in thefoundation 6. By reason of the small slot with which they are provided the punchesdl-cannot push the tooth deeply into the foundation but insert it until it comes in contactuuth the toundationand returns the bar '26 of the piercing apparatus for the next operation. 7

r. ,r' i he movement or the piercingapparatus is *producedby inechanisinshown separately in 7 Figs. .6 and 7 in fact, the piercing of the foundation is done in the same way in fllfllnary simple machines actually known with this diiierence that all the holes formed in the width of the foundation are pierced at one time, the bar 26 being provided with a number-of needles 28 equal to that of the legs to be inserted. As alreadystatedthis bar 26 is carriedzbytwo arms 27 and is giventwo movements, .onein a vertical directionthe other in a horizontal direction. The vertical movement is obtained by the oscillation of I example the different mechanisms 11 l the levers 91 pivotingon a trunnion 92 carried by the supports 93 aflixed tothe table of the 'machine. These-levers 91 are conne'ote'd to arms 27 by a spindle 94 and are-subjected to the action of. a cam'95 operating on a'roller 96 at the end ofthe levers 91. The horizontal movementjot the slide 26 is; obtained from two cranks 97- coniiectcd to lli'lliS'ss pivoted at 99 to supports 100 andoperated by a cam 101. mounted on the main shaft 11 of the machine; r

The inventionis not limitedto th ese details of construction which are given by w a y of placed by other equivalents allowing'ior carrying out the essential operations indicated in the general. description of the operation of the machine. lh hat Iclaim is: V I 1 1 1. Inan insertion, machi ei ormanujl 'ao ture or" card clothing in combinatioma rotary drum pierced along :generatrices with. rows of holes the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of pairs ,oi teeth wvhichshould be arranged'on the carilciothng,.a feeding device fOP'tliGWllGS, a cutting device for the latter and means i i-hereby all "NJ J l .the'teeth in one rowin the W'lCier] or the tounelation are-inserted simultaneously.

2. In an insertion. machine tornianufacture otcard clothing incombination a drum pierced. along generatrices withrows of holes, the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of. pairs of teeth. which should be arranged on the :card clothing means 7 whereby. a rotary intermittent movement is and means whereby the said card teeth are forced into the said foundation.

a In, an insertion machine for manufacture of card clothing in combination an interinittently rotating drum pierced along generatrices with rows of holes, the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of pairs of teeth whichshould be ar'- ranged on the card clothing,afecding device for the wires, means whereby: the wires before 'formingthe teeth are broughtsimultaneouslyparalleltoieach other tofthe said drum, a

cutting device for the wires, punches where by the card teeth'thus formed are inserted in the drum and receive a .U shape, the said card 195 teeth being brought by the rotation of the drum opposite the perforated foundation and punches whereby the said: card teeth are forced into the said foundation.

45111 aninsertion machine for manufacture of card clothing incombination an intermittently rotating drum pierced along generatrices with rows of holes the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of pairs of teeth which should be arranged on the card clothing, a feeding device for the wires, means whereby the wires before forming the teeth are brought simultaneously parallel to eachother to the said drum, a cutting device for the wires punches whereby the card teeth thus formed are inserted in the drum and receive a U shape, the card teeth being brought by the rotation of the drum opposite a perforated foundation,

means whereby the card teeth before insertion in the foundation undergo a rotation of 90 to bring all the legs of the teeth in the same row into the same plane and means whereby the said card teeth are forced into the said foundation.

5. In an insertion machine for manufacture of card clothing in combination an intermittently rotating drum pierced along generatrices with rows of holes, the number of which in each row corresponds to the num ber of pairs of teeth which should be arranged on the card clothing, means whereby an intermittent rotary movement is given to the drum, a feeding device for the wires, means whereby the wires before forming the teeth are brought simultaneously parallel to each other to the said drum, a cutting device for the wires, punches whereby the card teeth thus formed are inserted in the drum and receive a U shape, means for piercing a foundation, means whereby the card teeth after having been brought opposite the perforated foundation undergo a rotation of 90 to bring all the legs of the teeth in the same row into the same plane and means whereby the said card teeth are forced into the foundation'.

6. In an insertion machine for manufacture of card clothing in combination, a drum pierced along generatrices with rows of holes, the number of which in each row corresponds to t-henumber of pairs of teeth which should be arranged on the card clothing, means whereby an intermittent rotary movement is given to the drum, a feeding device for the wires, means whereby the wires before formmg the teeth are brought simultaneously parallel to each other to the said drum, a cutting device for the wires, punches whereby the card teeth thus formed are inserted in the drum and receive a U shape, means whereby the card teeth are crossed before insertion in a foundation to keep a parallel direction on their expulsion from the holes in the drum, means whereby the foundation is pierced, means whereby the card teeth after having been brought by the rotation of the drum opposite the perforated foundation undergo a rotation of 90 to bring all the legs of the teeth in the same row into the same plane and means whereby the said card teeth are forced into the foundation.

7. In an insertion machine for manufacture of card clothing, in combination, a drum pierced along generatrices with rows of holes the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of pairs of teeth which should be arranged on the card clothing, means whereby an intermittent rotary movement is given to the drum, a feeding device for the wires, the said feeding device being constituted by stationary feed nippers comprising a frame provided with spring fingers and by similar travelling nippers bringing the wires to the stationary nippers, a cutting device for the wires, punches whereby the card teeth thus formed are inserted in the drum, and receive a U shape means whereby the teeth are crossed before insertion in a foundation and means whereby the card teeth are forced into the foundation after the drum has been rotated and the card teeth have been brought opposite the perforated foundation.

8. In an insertion machine for manufacture of card clothing, in combination, a drum pierced along generatrices with rows of holes the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of pairs of teeth which should be arranged on the card clothing, means whereby an intermittent rotary movement is given to the drum, a feeding device fer the wires, the said feeding device being constituted by stationary feed nippers comprising a frame provided with spring fingers and by similar travelling nippers bringing the wires to the stationary nippers, a stirrup for the operation of the stationary nippers, a knife for cutting to length the parts of the wires forming the teeth of the clothing the said knife being acted upon by the operating lever of the stationary nipper,

stirrup, a first series of punches whereby the card teeth thus formed are inserted in the drum and receive a U shape, means for piercing afoundation, means whereby the card teeth after having been brought opposite the perforatcd foundation undergo a rotation of to bring all the legs of the teeth into the same plane and a second series of punches whereby the said card teeth are forced intothe foundation.

9. In an insertion machine for manufacture of card clothing, in combination a drum pierced along eratrices with rowsof holes the number of which in each row corresponds to the number of pairs of teeth which should parallel to each other to the said drum, a cutting device for the wires, a stationary slide,

punches adapted to be displaced in the said slide whereby the card teeththus formed are 

